the 1975

Looks like they got really lucky recently:

https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/a32360709/coronavirus-music-industry/

Artists who’ve cancelled or rescheduled tours will also be trying to save money. When a band books a run of dates, they commit to their production costs up-front. If it doesn’t go ahead, they’re still liable. The 1975, who were due to hit the road in the US this spring, sidestepped a multi million-pound bill for their North America tour by cancelling before they had booked transport and backline support. “If we were to cancel the tour on, say, the third date, those costs would have remained even though the income had disappeared,” says manager Jamie Oborne. “It would have bankrupted the band.”

Also you should all read that piece anyway.

tomorrow 'guys' will be out.
i'm going to weep so hard.

http://pilerats.com/written/get-to-know/the-1975-matt-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-feature-interview/

here's an interview with a bunch of track descriptions including that "shiny collarbone" is a grime track featuring dancehall singer cutty ranks

lads

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhLSNfgeQLM

does he mention making out with Taylor York

i dedicate this one to the posters itt who have been there since the beginning

i always wanna guys sometimes

they just released the ultimate friendship song, didn't they?

the ultimate friendship song remains "lean on me"

There are so many.

Waiting on a Friend
I Won't Share You
Can't Stand Me Now

...all British, I see lol

"Thank You Friends"!!

i dedicate this one to the posters itt who have been there since the beginning

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, May 13, 2020 2:05 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

weeping

very curious whether the singles were chosen to encompass the breadth of the album. i hope not! i want the album the surprise me the same way each new single has.

all the reviews seem to say its their most eclectic yet

Feels unbelievable that this is actually coming out in just a few days. Seems like only yesterday since A Brief Inquiry came out...

given their previous six-minute instrumental track i am v excited to hear "having no head"

these guys look like dicks I refuse to listen to them

that was a bad post sorry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET5CrFoXUZ0

i don't like going outside so bring me everything here

xp i mean i felt that way in like 2013 (and still think their look from that era is pretty goofy) but i was sooo wrong

oh my god that "People" is literally mclusky

every live version of people sounds so much better than the studio version

god i rly hope they do one of "the birthday party"

album's out there

furiously looking

so far "i think there's something you should know" is really cool and the sequencing is messier than i could have imagined

"nothing revealed/everything denied" is a chance the rapper track

jesus "roadkill" is phenomenal

Really curious about 21. "Don't Worry" (written by: Tim Healy)

i'm a little underwhelmed, there are a lot of really great moments on this, but most of them are on the singles, and it's such a mess. ilwys got away with its length by being sequenced perfectly while this is ridiculously all over the place. some of the electronic tracks in particular feel underdeveloped - they sound gorgeous as always but don't end up doing enough with what's there. there's definitely a very good album of a more normal length here at least

"what should i say"

the new "the birthday party" intro *_*

the filler seems pretty clear so far

I'm sort of shocked at how little I'm connecting with so much of this :/

yeah that was my reaction too

like "yeah i know" and "bagsy not in net", among others, feel like unfinished sketches and "then because she goes" has potential it's just over way too quick and the auto-tune bit doesn't really work

man, y'all up early!

Listening now.

there is not a song called bagsy not in net

its not much of a song to be fair

there is not a song called bagsy not in net

― megan thee macallan 18 year (||||||||), Tuesday, May 19, 2020 12:29 PM (twenty-eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

My slsk download revealed it's actually a perfect rendition of 'Never Gonna Give You Up'!

damn y’all aren’t connecting to something that leaked a few hours ago

all right... smoking some weed... making some coffee... i'm ready

i have listened to "i think there's something you should know" sooo many times this evening

frail state of mind still like passing through a vortex

wait til you hear "i think there's something you should know" as far as passing through a vortex goes

"the birthday party" is such an amazing song

Never mind. I was unable to find it.

i think "yeah i know" is extremely cool, i'm in love with that "veridis quo" synth line

and then "then because she goes" is a hey mercedes song

that is way too short but i'll take it

wish they'd written a full "tom courtenay" instead of the half they gave us